Improvement in pegging-jacks



f nains sans ijatent @Mina CHARLES VARNEY, or EAST BRIMFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS;

Letters Patent No. 102,888, (lated Maly 101870.

' W- u IMPRovEMENT' :1v PEGGING-JACKS.

MW `The Schedule xeferredto in theseLettex-s Patent and making part of the same.

v To all persons telekom these presents 'may coman Be it known that L-'CHARLS VARNEY, of'East Brimeld, of the county of jHampden, of the State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention, having reference to PeggingJacks and do hereby declare the Same to be fully described in the following specication, andrepresented in the accompav nying drawings, in which-f- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

IFigure 2, a transverse section of av pegging-jack providedwith my invention; which consists-f' First, in makingfthe cam-supporterv separate from V lolie socketed post/,and applying such supporter to such post by means of screws, so asyto enable the supporter to-be adjusted on .the post relativelyl to the operative cam, as hereinafterexplained.

Second, in the eombinatiohof a spring with, the cam audits adjustable supporter,'the holder and its sustaining-post, the vpurpose of the said washer and spring beingfto Vpreventthe cainfromv being revolved by the concussion induced by blows Vof a hammer on a shoe, while supported by a last held by the jack.

The o bje'ct ,of the adjust-able supporter is to effect the proper adjustment of the cam with reference to the holder after either-or both their bearing-surfaces may have become worn by friction or otherwise.

In the drawings,-

A denotes the last-holder;

B,.the heel-rest and clamp; and

C, the adjustable toe-rest of such holder.

The said holder is pivotedA tothe upper end of a' sustaining-post, D,or spindle, so as to be capable of being `turned in a vertical plane thereon, and such holder rests Adirect-ly upon the upper edge of an inclined cam, E,`provided with haddles a a, for eiecting its revolution@ Thiscam, formed as. shown in topview in fig. 3, in side elevationA in fig. 4, and 1n. transverse section in iig.` 2, is arranged ooneentrically with reference to- I 4the spindleor upright post D, and. applied thereto, so

as to becapable of beingrevolvcd horizontallythereon.

The said cain rests on an annular metallic washer, b, which, in turn, is superimposed upon a spring or circular mass, c, of India rubber or the equivalent thereof, resting upon a screwlnnt or adjustable camsupporter, F, which-screws 'upon the spindle or post D.

lhe metallic washer serves toprevent wear of the spring c by the cam, and such spring not only 'roperates to prevent the cam from revolving under circumstances and by a cause as before mentioned, but also to prevent the nutor supporter F from' heilig. turned around or revolved by the vsame cause.

der it much more serviceable and durable.

I make no claim to anydevice, combination, or arrangement of devices, as represented in the United States patent No. 46,484, granted February 21, 1865.

In the peg-jack described in such patent, the camsnpporter or bed-piece is in o'ne piece with lts socketed Shanks, whereas, in mypcg-jack, the twoare in separate pieces and applied together, by means of screws, so as to enable the cam-supporting ,part F to be adjusted up or down on the post D, which is of much advantage, as lle'reinbefore mentioned.

The additions which I have made to thc jack ren- Therefore, what I claim in the peg-jack described as my improvement is- Y v The cam-supporter F, as made separate from the sustaining part D, and applied to vit by means, and so as to be adjustable thereon, as specilied. v

Also, in the peg-jack, as described, the combination and arrangement of the spring c, provided or net with the metallic washer b, with the holder A, its sustaining post D, the cam E, and the cam-supporter F, separate from the post D, and applied thereto by screws,

as and for the purpose asset forth.

VWitnesses: Y CHARLES VARNEY. It. H. EDDY, y y t J. R. SNOW. 

